fog city detective

Chapter 388
Liang Xi said: "Let's ask another question, why did the murderer backstab? Although the steak knife is sharper, it takes more force to pierce the heart than the front stabbing. Wade struggled and screamed after being backstabbed. There was no such information in the hostage notes."

Liang Xi said: "It is more in line with the on-site reasoning that Wade bent down, and the murderer stabbed from top to bottom. This stab requires less force and is easier to control Wade. According to this speculation, another question can be asked, why did Wade bend over?"

Liang Xi said: "Based on my imagination, Wade might bend over more to help people. After a fire, he was in chaos, someone fell in front of him, and he bent over to help him. Other than that, I can't think of Wade Bending down in the event of a sudden fire. The person Wade will support must be a woman, the elderly or a child. Among the hostages, he is the oldest, 52 years old. There are no children among the hostages. He is supporting her."

Baker interjected, "None of the ten female hostages knew about Wade's situation."

Liang Xi said: "The first possibility is that the woman fell down and was picked up by Wade and escaped from this small area. She didn't notice that it was Wade who helped her up. The second possibility is that women provide opportunities for the murderer. It is likely to be a woman Use candles to light other people's clothes. The first thing we have to do is to retake the records of the ten female hostages."

Baker said: "It's been so long, can they still remember?"

Liang Xi said: "This is the interesting part. Good people have no memory, and bad people definitely remember it, but she doesn't know if they should remember. At the same time, the bad people don't know whether they were seen when Wade helped her. Therefore, it is not clear whether to admit it or not. I was helped by Wade."

Baker asked: "Why did the case become so simple once you touched it?" I was very sad.

Liang Xi replied: "My views and suggestions are based on speculation. It is not ruled out that Wade walked away before the fire, or happened to bend over to pick up something, or was pushed from behind. Judging from the known information, There is a fairly high probability of proving my inference. Make a bold assumption, and then carefully verify it. By taking notes on ten female hostages, I have a chance to prove my assumption is right or wrong. If I am proven wrong, it will also help me A high probability situation has been ruled out. In addition, if we record them again against Wade, we may be able to discover new clues."

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The nine women were interviewed the next morning by police detectives in their respective locations, or made a statement at the police station, or where they work and live.The whole process of this transcript was videotaped, and three cameras were used to shoot it even if it was not in the police station.In addition to the ten questions given by Baker, detectives can also ask their own questions.

How did 10 people become 9 people?Isn't Shirley dead?For example, two of the five gangsters were killed and two were injured, because there was one who was neither dead nor injured.Roar!

Damn Baker asked a question: "What if it was Shirley who fell? What if Wade put the flash memory in Shirley's bag, intentionally or accidentally, when he helped Shirley?"

Detectives hate this kind of people, they don't give priority to small probability situations.Liang Xi is good at expanding various possibilities from the basic facts, and then verifying each possibility. Naturally, he checks according to the probability from large to small.After getting acquainted with Moduo, Liang Xi learned to ask questions. Many questions cannot be answered for the time being, but the more questions are asked, the better he can judge which situation has a higher probability.Used well, it can also open a window to light in a desperate situation.

A man was crushed to death by blue ice thrown off by an airplane while swimming in the river. The autopsy showed that he was not drowning. In this case, the detective had no choice but to approach science.

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The weather has not been warm for a few days, and then suddenly dropped.As soon as the temperature cools down, Liang Xi especially likes the detective agency.The case seminar was also held at the detective agency. In addition to Baker, there was also North District police detective Romeo who participated in the seminar. He came to join in the fun, and he liked to discuss cases with others.

Romeo first explained his views on the case: "It is not easy to kill someone with a knife from the back. Technically speaking, a knife from the back has great advantages. One is that the back muscles have strong contraction, and it is not easy to spatter blood stains. The other is that it has a sneak attack Therefore, the murderer is a professional, a professional murderer. Even the best special police, even the anti-terrorist special police team can hardly do it. There are usually two types of latent assassination by special forces, one is to hug the target from behind and cover the mouth with one hand , holding a sharp weapon and piercing the heart from front to back, wrestling for a few seconds, the opponent dies. One is to cut the throat directly, and the person whose throat is cut cannot make a cry for help. It is not ruled out that there have been backstabs on the battlefield, but backstabs are not a training method for special forces systems. "

Liang Xi looked at Baker, and Baker translated: "Professional killer."

Romeo said: "I checked the identities of the nine male guests, and they are all considered to be people with status. There are lawyers, doctors, businessmen, politicians, screenwriters, etc. I haven't found any of them who have the ability to kill with a knife. I I think your idea is wrong, and I tend to suspect the hands of the three blade commandos."

Romeo said: "When the commando attacked and killed the gangster, they shouted a sentence: Everyone crouched down with their heads in their hands. At this time, the murderer's assassination of Wade will make him stand out. The commando's assassination is different. Steak knife, check the hostage situation, or the life and death of the gangster, and give Wade a knife in the back."

Liang Xi agreed, "The commando is my second object of suspicion."

Baker said: "Watch the transcript video first." Isn't it uncomfortable to watch TV around the fire?

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Nine women were compiled into nine numbers, and the royal sisters were excluded first by browsing, leaving seven female hostages.Baker took the tablet and read the identities of the seven female hostages, basically all of them had ID cards.Company gold collar, rich girl, director of a certain company, etc.Only one of them, a 9-year-old waitress named Eve, is the lowest-ranked person.Eve is a server at an Italian restaurant, and this is her third day at work.She was also the only staff member among the hostages who had no chance of escape.

Eve avoids the camera and does not dare to look directly at the camera, but unlike a liar who looks away, most of the time her eyes are on the detective's legs and even the ground.The answer to the question was a bit hesitant. From the analysis of her expression, she was either recalling or thinking about things in her mind.But Eve just hesitated, not nervous.

"I didn't see anyone fall."

"Didn't notice the guy named Wade."

"I do not know."

So Baker pulled Romeo to find Aifu, but at the same time he didn't make Liang Xi feel better. An hour later, Liang Xi received a call from Baker saying that Aifu was dead.

Eve lives in the home of her boyfriend, Skov, a 29-year-old dock crane worker.According to Skoff's testimony, after the detective left, Skoff obviously noticed that Eve was abnormal, and after asking a few words, the two broke up.Skoff didn't want to quarrel with Eve, so he went out for a walk to the river to fish.When Baker and the others arrived, he was still by the river.According to Baker's knowledge, Skov was working on the docks when the Italian hostage incident occurred.

Liang Xi arrived at the scene, and the forensic doctor was sending Aifu's body to the car. Liang Xi chatted with the forensic doctor for a while and arrived at the scene to understand the situation.

Eve was stabbed in the heart by a boning knife in the kitchen and died with a single knife.The murderer entered the bathroom, washed his hands and left through the back door.Their residence is on the outskirts of the city, lacks surveillance equipment, and is sparsely populated. The police are currently looking for possible witnesses and investigating the vehicle the murderer drove or took.

After that, Liang Xi spent an hour dispatching troops and generals to ask several police officers to cooperate with him to understand the information.After getting the information he needed, Liang Xi returned to the living room near the crime scene.Skov is accepting further inquiries from Baker and Romeo.For example, does Eve have any enemies?

Seeing Liang Xi, Baker stepped forward to explain the updated information: "Eve is a country girl. She was 18 years old and worked in a restaurant in a small town for two years after graduating from high school. She met Skoff by chance. Skoff helped her in London. Find a domestic job. Skov said that the intensity of domestic work is relatively high, and Eve left the job a week before the hostage case and applied to be a waitress in an Italian restaurant."

After Baker explained the basic information, Liang Xi looked at Skov sitting in the living room and asked, "Did Eve use some unconventional means to enter the Italian restaurant?"

Skov asked back: "What are unconventional means?"

Liang Xi replied: "For example, forging resumes, lying, etc."

Skov understood what Liang Xi meant. The Italian restaurant had a relatively high standard, and Ave was not qualified to work in the restaurant.Skov explained: "No, Eve has two years of restaurant work experience. She is very enthusiastic and good at talking. She won the Italian restaurant job."

Liang Xi said: "Skov, I think you are the one who killed Aifu."

Skov replied seriously: "Are you kidding me? I'm fishing, OK? I also saw an acquaintance passing a bridge tens of meters away. You can ask this person to see if I'm right?"

Liang Xi said: "Ms. Ollie? The police not only questioned Mrs. Ollie, but also other people. Others told me that Mrs. Ollie would leave home at about three o'clock every afternoon and walk to her daughter's house 300 meters away Prepare afternoon tea. Around 3 o'clock, the error of front and back will not exceed 5 minutes and you will pass that bridge."

Liang Xi said: "You only said that you saw Mrs. Ollie, but you didn't say that Mrs. Ollie passed that bridge every day. If the detectives only questioned Mrs. Ollie, it would prove that you had an alibi. I don't believe you , so I asked the police detective to ask a few more questions, and as expected, Mrs. Ollie passed the stone bridge on time every day."

Skov hurriedly explained: "I didn't know she passed by every day."

Liang Xi said: "I suspect your second reason is that you lack anger. My inquiry insulted Aifu's education and identity to a certain extent, but your response is to explain seriously. From your answer, it can be seen that you do not You care too much about who killed Aifu, and you care more about whether you can escape suspicion."

Seeing that Skov was about to speak, Liang Xi said first: "Of course, you are a good man. Officer Baker learned that there was an accident at the pier last year. Two of your colleagues were pierced through the thigh and abdomen by steel pipes. When everyone was stunned , you bravely stepped forward to give them first aid."

Skov spread his hands: "I only did what I should do."

Liang Xi said: "And when you came home from fishing and found the police, you rushed to the kitchen and cried on your knees. That's what made me suspicious of you. I asked the police detectives and patrolling officers. At that time, only one patrol car had just arrived. Two people at the scene One officer, two detectives. One detective checking the door lock, one detective contacting outside support. One officer cordoning off the door, one officer reporting homicide to superiors."

Skoff didn't quite get it.

Liang Xi explained: "The entrance is the living room. Why did you run towards the kitchen after you pushed the police officer away? Why not the bathroom? Why not the guest room? Why not the second floor? Why not the backyard? What's even more strange is that you knelt down when you saw Eve's body Sad, you didn't even go to check, did a police officer tell you that Eve died? Maybe Eve called the police and she was stabbed and injured and lying on the ground waiting for the ambulance? Or was she sick and fainted? You can use your hands to block the intestines of a co-worker , why don’t you dare approach your girlfriend’s scene?”

Usually the police will investigate after forensic and other technical reports come out.Liang Xi thought that there was something wrong with Skov, so he conducted an investigation around all the words that Skov said.In a word: Although I have no evidence, I think you are the murderer.Now is the time to prove that you are the murderer.

Liang Xidao: "Aifu is very happy in the housekeeping company. Neither the company colleagues nor the boss know why she left suddenly. What's more interesting is the Italian restaurant. Aifu got the job only after pleading. It's very interesting. In the housekeeping company, there are Dignity has friends and a good income. Why do you have to sacrifice your dignity to get a job? Aifu even told the restaurant supervisor that she can get no salary during the two-week trial period."

Skov suddenly grabbed the stool beside him, and Baker threw himself to the ground. At this time, Romeo was thinking about what Liang Xi said, and Liang Xi was organizing his speech.Unexpectedly, Skov immediately began to resist, but Skov also did not expect that Baker was not a traditional detective, but a thug detective.The two just wrestled.

Liang Xi looked at it for a while and blushed.I also wrestle with Bobby, but the level seems to be a bit worse.For example, in this move, grab your head and smash it on the ground. I have seen it in movies, and Liang Xi tried it, but I can't press it down. The neck itself has a lot of resistance.There is also this trick, knocking on the forehead of the other party, if you are fine, the other party will faint.When Liang Xi used it, he felt as dizzy as the opponent.It should be a different part, but I can't see it clearly.

The other thing is mentality, Liang Xi and Bobby will definitely run away if the glass kettle hits the ground.Instead of fleeing, they grabbed the glass with one hand and stabbed at each other, regardless of the bloody cuts on their fingers and palms.

The two hugged each other, logically they should fall to the ground, why hugged each other and rushed towards the TV?If he gets hurt, you won't get hurt?
Romeo was the first to react and immediately stepped forward to help. He didn't carry a police weapon on him, so he yelled a few times.Two uniformed policemen heard movement coming in from outside.Skoff rammed Baker into the TV and then rammed into a police officer.In an instant, the three of them fell to the ground.

Policeman B bent down and knelt down to catch him, and Skov pierced Policeman B's neck with the thin glass in his hand. Luckily, Baker pulled him aside, causing Skov to miss.Baker took the opportunity to draw out his right hand and punched Skov on the head.Skov was stunned for a moment and lost the strength to resist. Policeman A took out handcuffs and put them on him.

The four separated, and everyone was more or less stained with blood.Baker leaned to the side and gasped, "He weighs more than me." That's right, it was Baker who was kowtowed and hit on the head.Baker, who is ten kilograms lighter, is quite weak in strength, and the scene is ugly.After the fight, Baker first explained to Liang Xi and the others that after all, he was once a leader of the anti-fan team, how could he not be able to deal with an ordinary civilian.

"He's not an ordinary person." Liang Xi didn't believe that an ordinary person could grab a piece of glass and attack the police without hesitation.Liang Xi took out his mobile phone and asked a police officer to turn Skov's head around to take a photo, and sent it to House and Lena: "If you know him, call back quickly, he will be killed soon."

Less than 10 seconds later, the phone rang, and Liang Xi answered, "Hello."

House said: "It's your people."

(End of this chapter)